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The districts which border on the Amir of Dhala's territory along the above line are as
i follows From the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bana to the Sailat Bakain, the Shaibi districts of the Ab-
I Musallami and the As-Siel; thence across Jabal Harlr and across Jabal-Akram to the
I Shaibi of foot hills is a district belonging to the Muflahi section of the Yafa'i, the central
I village of which is Khalla. Thence to near Al-Ukla, the small district of Habil-ul-
I Jilb, belonging to the As-Siel section of the Shaibi. Thence to near Ka'taba, the Turkish
) district of Marais. The lands of Ka'taba itself up to the main Sailat Ka taba water
course ; thence to the Sailat ul-Jimri, the district of Yubi ; thence up to Jabal Hesha,
' ar ^ o k 0 the district of Haiki.
The western border of the Amir of Dhala's territory also marks the frontier of the
British Protectorate.
me % The line runs south from Jabal Sarir, generally parallel to the course of the WSdi
^ to the Tiban and a mile or two west of it, traversing the steep slopes of Jabal Hesha : first to
3y became the high point J. Mansura west of the Dakkam village of Ukaib, then across a valley
to another point J. Fanana ; across the valley of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hafasa, and up to the peak
'' es ^ the of Jabal Rima which marks the Ahmadi border ; then down to the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Haura which it
tain range crosses just above the Ahmadi village of Haura; then south over a spur of J. Attaba,
l0 ^ m oney and across the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mukhailan and the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tusan just above their junction ; then up
to a point, Lakmat-ush-Shijfa, and along the crest line of the range from which the
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Kurim and the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hilhal drain east to the Tiban, then up a broken ridge by
the crops, J. Mimtar until it meets the Haushabi border at a peak called Haid Hasun on the range
t. Each which connects Jabal Warwa with Jabal Am Amma.
never the The districts which border on the Amir of Dhala's territory along this line are, from
the Haiki districts down to the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mukhailan, Jabal Hesha ; thence to the Naqil
Hilhal, Amara ; and from the Naqil Hilhal to the Haushabi border, Humar.
The Amir of Dhala's territory is bounded on the north by a line which, from Haidh
. . .. Hasun, runs east for a short distance along the main range, then follows to the spur
forming the southern watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hilhal, crosses the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tiban at the junction to
its left bank tributary, the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Shan, ascends and follows southwards the crest of the
mountains above the left bank of the Tiban so as to exclude the Haushabi villages and
lands of Al-Kama and Lijma, and meets the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tiban again at the junction of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
and Jabal Makhran ; leaves the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tiban again, following eastwards the crest of the hills forming
^ en the southern watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Makhran to the Kalaban peak, thence along the col,
which is crossed by the pass (Naqil Hesha at the head of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bilih, then south-
'ock, with east along the southern watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. of the Sailat Kharjan and down a spur to a point
called Safa Atla on the right bank of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -ul-Milah ; thence north across the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. ul-Milah up to the peak of Jabal Barrash and follows the crest line 3J miles further
8 hM an ^ north, then follows round the head of a tributary of the Sailat-umm-Suhaibiya and runs
of south-east down to the ridge above the right bank of the Sailat Tuwana, then turns east
1 riches across the Sailat-umm-Suhaibiya just leaving the villages of Al-Hamra and At-
be Naqil Tamair to the south. The line now turns south ascending a north-eastern spur of the
downtbe Radfan mountains called Haidh Musa, to a peak called Jabal Fallaha, then turns east
us north, alongthe watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. which connects Jabal Fallaha with Jabal-ul-Huria, the highest peak
ween the of the Radfan mountains. From Jabal-ul-Huria, it runs down east or north-east to the
ortb-west Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bana.
conspicu- The districts which border on the Amir of Dhala's territory along this line are aa
U-Kuraifl follows :—
lis border From Haidh Hasun on the west to Safa Atla on the bank of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -ul-Milah, the
country of the Haushabi. From Safa Atla round to Jabal Fallaha the country of the
ie British ' Alawi. From Jabal Fallaha to the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bana, the Dhanbari and Dairi districts of the
a to Nijd Radfan mountains, both of which tribes are supposed to acknowledge the supremacy of the
lill called Haushabi Sultan.
known On the east the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bana forms the boundary of the Amir of Dhala's territory
ie Sailat dividing it from the Yafa country on the left bank.
due west The country comprised within the above limits is about 750 square miles in extent,
encegoes Almost the entire country consists of mountains of a remarkably abrupt and rugged
nd called description.
rh north* On the east is the continuous range formed by the Jabal Harir and Jabal Halmin,
In the centre are the Shairi hills, and the rugged promontory, which just south from the
head of the Dhala valley culminates in the remarkable plateau of Adh-Dhubayyat, and
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